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Colonization

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What original colony is number 1

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Maine

c)

Maryland

2.

What original colony is number 2

a)

New Jersey

b)

Maryland

c)

New Hampshire

3.

What original colony is number 3

a)

New York

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Delaware

4.

What original colony was number 4?

a)

Connecticut

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Maryland

5.

What original colony was number 5?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

New Jersey

c)

New York

6.

What original colony was number 6?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

North Carolina

c)

Georgia

7.

What original colony was number 7?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

New Jersey

c)

Virginia

8.

What original colony was number 8?

a)

Delaware

b)

Virginia

c)

Maryland

9.

What original colony was number 9?

a)

Maryland

b)

Delaware

c)

Virginia

10.

What original colony was number 10?

a)

Virginia

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

11.

What original colony was number 11?

a)

Virginia

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

12.

What original colony was number 12?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Virginia

c)

South Carolina

13.

What original colony was number 13?

a)

Georgia

b)

South Carolina

c)

Maryland

14.

What was NOT the most common goods produced in New England?

a)

Furs

b)

Lumber

c)

Manufactured Goods

d)

Tobacco

15.

What was the most common goods produced in the Middle Colonies?

a)

Furs

b)

Indigo

c)

Grains

d)

Manufactured Goods

16.

What was NOT the most common goods produced in the Southern colonies?

a)

Tobacco

b)

Grains

c)

Rice

d)

Indigo

17.

What was the land/climate NOT like in the New England Colonies?

a)

Bitterly cold witers

b)

Unfertile Soil

c)

Rocky terrain

d)

Harsh hot summers

18.

What was the Middle colonies land/climate NOT like?

a)

Fertile soil

b)

Milder summer and winter

c)

Rocky terrain

d)

Some trees

19.

What was the land/climate NOT like in the Southern Colonies?

a)

Mild winters/Hot summers

b)

Swampy Soil

c)

Fertile Soil

d)

Lots of Trees

20.

What was the main economy for the New England Colonies?

a)

Grain Farming

b)

Fur Trapping

c)

Cash Crops

d)

Plantation Farming

21.

What was the main economy in the Middle Colonies?

a)

Shipbuilding

b)

Grain Farming

c)

Cash Crops

d)

Fur Trapping

22.

What was the main economy in the Southern Colonies

a)

Cash Crops and Plantation Farming

b)

Shipbuilding and Fur Trapping

c)

Grain Farming

d)

Shipping

23.

Which colonial region had more cities and roads?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

24.

Which Colonial Region had more rural living and not many roads?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

25.

What was the main reason that England started the colonies?

a)

Trade

b)

Religion

c)

Politics

d)

Social

26.

Favorable Balance of Trade is...

a)

Importing more than you export

b)

A negative balance in your bank account

c)

Exporting more than you import

27.

Which is an example of how England achieved a "Favorable Balance of Trade"

a)

Navigation Act

b)

Salutary Neglect

c)

Virginia House of Burgesses

d)

Mayflower Compact

28.

Which colonial region had the largest black population?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

29.

A system of large farms that produced cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo that required a large cheap labor force such as slavery is known as...

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Factory System

c)

Farming System

d)

Plantation System

30.

What was the most produced crop in the South turning this time?

a)

Cotton

b)

Tobacco

c)

Rice

d)

Indigo

31.

Which is NOT a place involved in Triangular Trade Route?

a)

13 Colonies

b)

West Africa

c)

India

d)

West Indies

32.

What item was NOT traded in the Triangular Trade Route

a)

Tobacco

b)

Manufactured Goods/Rum

c)

Slaves

d)

Molasses

33.

What is NOT an effect/result of the Triangular Trade?

a)

Britain starts to crack down on policies to restrict trade

b)

Government Structures expand in the 13 colonies

c)

Slave population booms in the Southern colonies

34.

A series of laws passed by Britain to control the trade of the colonies - the colonies begin trading on the Triangular Trade Route behind England's back - in protest of these laws is known as...

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Salutary Neglect

c)

Navigation Acts

d)

Triangular Trade

35.

A term that refers to an unofficial British policy of avoiding enforcement of the Navigation Acts; when England finally decides to enforce these laws, the American colonies get angry; this eventually becomes one of the major causes of the American Revolution is known as...

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Salutary Neglect

c)

Navigation Acts

d)

Triangular Trade

36.

The idea that the more money/gold your nation has the more power it has is known as....

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Salutary neglect

c)

Navigation acts

d)

Triangular Trade

37.

This established a social contract for the Pilgrims to put the success of the colony before their own personal good. It was a step towards self-government in the New World. Consent of the Governed.

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

38.

The first representative government in the New World where representatives were elected by the people of Virgina.

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

39.

The first written Constitution in the New World.

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

40.

What was the nickname of the Middle Colonies?

a)

Middle

b)

Breadbasket

c)

Shopping Cart

41.

What are the names of the two, religious settlements that were created in the Massachusetts in 1620 and 1630?

a)

Plymouth Bay & Pennsylvania Bay

b)

Massachusetts Bay & Plymouth Bay

c)

Pittsburg Bay & Plymouth Bay

d)

Massachusetts Bay & Connecticut Bay

42.

Who was the founder(s) of Pennsylvania

a)

William Penn

b)

William Bradford, John Winthrop

c)

King James II, James Ogelthorpe

d)

Roger Williams

43.

Who was the founder(s) of Massachusetts

a)

William Penn

b)

William Bradford, John Winthrop

c)

King James II, James Ogelthorpe

d)

Roger Williams

44.

Who was the founder(s) of Georgia

a)

William Penn

b)

William Bradford, John Winthrop

c)

King James II, James Ogelthorpe

d)

Roger Williams

45.

Who was the founder(s) of Rhode Island

a)

William Penn

b)

William Bradford, John Winthrop

c)

King James II, James Ogelthorpe

d)

Roger Williams

46.

Pennsylvania was founded for what reason?

a)

Religious

b)

Social

c)

Economic

47.

Massachusetts was founded for what reason?

a)

Religious

b)

Social

c)

Economic

48.

Georgia was founded for what reason?

a)

Religious

b)

Social

c)

Economic

49.

Rhode Island was founded for what reason?

a)

Religious

b)

Social

c)

Economic

50.

Maryland was founded for what reason?

a)

Religious

b)

Social

c)

Economic

51.

Virginia was founded for what reason?

a)

Religious

b)

Social

c)

Economic

52.

New York was founded for what reason?

a)

Religious

b)

Social

c)

Economic